<p>MONTGOMERY — The state canvassing board on Wednesday officially tallied the Nov. 6 election results, and the top vote-getter might be a surprise to some.</p><p>Constitutional amendment 1, the Forever Wild Land Trust extension amendment, got the most “yes” votes of any candidate or issue on the ballot, including Alabama's choice for president.</p><p>According to complete and official votes, Amendment 1 passed 1,323,819 to 437,560. The vote extends the popular Forever Wild Land Trust for another 20 years.</p><p>Republican presidential and vice presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan received 1,255,925 votes to President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden's 795,696 votes.</p><p>The surprise is the Romney-Ryan ticket was fourth in the vote tally.</p><p>After Amendment 1, the No. 2 vote-getter was unopposed Republican Supreme Court candidate Tommy Bryan with 1,264,751 votes. Unopposed Republican incumbent Supreme Court Justice Lyn Stuart was third with 1,257,226 votes.</p><p>There were two contested statewide elections.</p><p>Republican chief justice candidate Roy Moore received 913,021 votes and Democratic candidate Bob Vance Jr. received 850,816. Moore served as chief justice from 2001 to 2003.</p><p>Moore won rural areas and urban Baldwin, Etowah, Calhoun, Morgan and Shelby counties, and the Shoals counties. Vance won 24 of 67 counties including populous Jefferson, Madison, Mobile and Montgomery. </p><p>Republican Public Service Commission member Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh received 1,078,108 votes to unseat incumbent PSC President Lucy Baxley, the Democrat. Baxley received 909,323 votes.</p><p>Andress won 46 counties and Baxley 21.</p><p>Amendment 4, the “racist language” amendment, failed 1,040,987 to 675,064. Amendment 2, the industrial incentive amendment, passed 1,145,034 to 504,610.</p><p>The canvassing board is the governor, attorney general and secretary of state, or their representatives.</p><p>Results should soon be posted on the secretary of state's website at www.sos.alabama.gov.</p>